Politics

Time

"In Midterm elections, voters typically reward their lawmakers — and rebuke the President. Even the most popular often get spanked. Mark Halperin explores how presidents from FDR to Truman to Reagan to Clinton learned their lessons."

Religion

Time

"Through the years, we have argued over the place of faith in politics, the power wielded by charismatic clerics and the meaning of being, as G.K. Chesterton called the U.S., a 'nation with the soul of a church.' Howard Chua-Eoan explores the laboratory of religious liberty."

War

Time

"Some wars end cleanly, with a signed surrender and a great parade. Others end in slow exhaustion or long denial; some shift to a new battlefield, as when hot wars turn cold. TIMEFrames explores the often uncertain paths to peace."

Environment

Time

"Sometimes a crisis stops a trend in its tracks: after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, it would be more than 30 years before construction of any new plants would be approved. Sometimes an environmental disaster means barely a detour. Bryan Walsh explores the mixing of red, white, blue ... and green."